#A9A72C#A9A72C

#A9A72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.139 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A72C
RGB	rgb(169, 167, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -13.70, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 61.22, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.044 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.139 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6367, 36.2553, 7.7665)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A72C #2C2EA9

analogous

#A9692C #A9A72C #6DA92C

triadic

#A9A72C #2CA9A7 #A72CA9

tetradic

#A9A72C #2CA969 #2C2EA9 #A92C6D

square

#A9A72C #2CA969 #2C2EA9 #A92C6D

split-complementary

#A9A72C #2C6DA9 #692CA9

monochromatic

#484713 #78771F #A9A72C #CECC44 #DBD974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A9A72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A9A72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A72C

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A72C	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 167, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.139 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06f',
    500: '#a9a72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a72c;
$custom-light: #c6c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70835,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A72C

secondary

#6E70C3

accent

#48E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A72C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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